The dearest experience that ever came into my earthly existence is the healing, through Christian Science, of a trouble from which I had suffered since childhood. I was said to have been born with defective vision. When I was a child I had pain in my eyes after reading, sometimes for days, so that I was obliged to give it up almost entirely. After I was grown I consulted oculists in several cities, but though I realized benefit for a short time, the trouble would always return.
It was in 1898 that I first heard of Christian Science, it having been brought to my notice by a kind friend who then resided in our village. She came one day to call upon me, and brought me a book to read which proved to be "No and Yes" by Mrs. Eddy. I told the lady that I could not read, that I had not been able to do so for years; but she insisted that I could. I did not believe that I could read, but after my friend had gone, to my great amazement I found I could do so without any pain in my eyes, which to me was perfectly wonderful. I was convinced that there was something in Christian Science that I had never found before, and experience proved it to be the truth. I then took Christian Science treatment, and in due time my eyes were healed. What a revelation this was to me!
Since that time I have never doubted the truth of Christian Science. Money could not pay for what Christian Science has done for me. I have had treatment for many other troubles, all of which have disappeared, and for this healing I am profoundly thankful to God, and also to the noble Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.
